Improvement in protectors for mats, carpets



GEORGE H. BLISS, OF WEST STOKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.`

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IMPRovEMENT IN PRoTEcToRs Fou MATS, QARPETS, ac.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,900, dated June 20,1876; application filed september 25,1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BLrss, of West Stockbridge, in the countyof Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulBinding or Protector for the Edges of Oil-Cloth and other Mats,of whichthe following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification:

My invention relates to a device for protecting the edges of mats to beplaced under stoves and in other places, whether said mats are made ofoil-cloth or other material 5 and it consists, first, in the use of awire protector for the edge of such mats, said wire being bent aroundthe edge of the mat, just outside thereof, and secured thereto by strapsot' tin or'other thin sheet metal wrapped around the wire, with theirtwo ends placed both beneath,

both above, or upon either side of the mat or carpet, and rivetedthereto, or the whole secured together and to the iioor by means ofnails or other suitable fastenings driven through said straps and themat or carpet into the oor. A l

VMy invention further consists in the use of wire as a protector for theedges of mats or carpets, when said wire is placed just outside ot' theedge of said mats or carpets, and held in place by straps ofthin sheetmetal wrapped 'around it, whether said straps and the mat or carpet areall secured together by rivets,

without being secured to the ioor, or the straps and wire are secured tothe mat or carpet and the door by nails or other suitable fastenings.,

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a piece of oil-cloth or other carpetprovided with my improved protector. Fig. 2 is a section on line a; fr.Fig. 3 is a section on line y y, and Fig. 4 a section showing theprotector riveted to the carpet. Fig. 5 represents a piece of the wire,and Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are, respectively, a plan, side elevation, and endelevation ot' the fastening-straps in the form in which they arefurnished to the consumer.

In the drawings, A represents a section of a iioor of a room; B, a mator small carpet ot'oil-cloth or other material. C is the wire protector,bent around the carpet, just outside of its edge, said wire being in twopieces butted together within the fastening-straps D, as shown in dottedlines at a a.

The straps D are manufactured and supplied to the trade in the formshown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, and the wireis cut into lengths ot' eighteeninches, andput up in boxes containing twelve pieces, or six yards,together with a sutlicient number of the straps to properly secure thatamount of wire to.tl1e carpet or to the door.

rEhe protector may be applied in several different ways, according tothe taste of vthe user.

Upon the left-hand edge of Figs. 1 and 2 the straps D are represented asbent around the wire, with one end beneath the carpet and the other endabove the saine, with the nail b driven through the two ends of thestrap and the carpet into the floor.

Upon the right-hand side of Figs. l and 2 .the straps are shown as bentaround the wire, with both ends secured to the door by the nail b, withthe carpet resting upon the ends of the straps, without being securedthereto or to the floor.

At the top and bottom of Fig. l, and in Fig. 3, the straps are shown asbent around the wire, with both ends beneath the carpet, andthe wholesecured together and to the` tloor by the nails b passing 4through thewhole.

In Fig. '4 my protector is shown secured to the edge ot' the carpet bythe'straps bent around the wire, with their two ends embracing the edgeot' the carpet and secured thereto by rivets c c.

The advantages of the use of my protector are, it prevent-s the edge ofthe mat or carpet from curling up, eftectually protects it frominjurious wear, and, by causing it to lie close to the lioor or Lindercarpet, prevents dirt from getting beneath it in sweeping.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

1. As a means ot' protecting theedges of a movable mat or carpet, thewire rod G, in combination with the narrow sheet-metal ets c, which passthroughl both ends of the i iron,

strap and the mat or carpet, substantially as described.

2. As a means of protecting the edges of a mat or carpet and securingthe same to the Hoor, the Wire rod 0,111 combination with the thinsheet-metal straps D, Wrapped around.l

said rod, and secured to the edge of the mat or carpet and to the Hoorby means of nails or screws b, which pass through both ends of thestraps and the mat or carpet, and enter the floor, substantially asshownand described.

Executed at West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, this 20th. day ofSeptember, 1875.

GEORGE H. BLISS.

Witnesses;

EDWD. L. BAKER,

GEO. W. KNIFFIN.

